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“We are one of just 13 industrialized countries with a rising maternal mortality rate” – Christy Turlington Burns on Fighting for Healthy Mothers

Hunter Walker

Christy doing work in Haiti Hunter Walk: Every Mother Counts is a nonprofit focused on supporting maternal health. HW: EMC has been pretty tech-forward, such as your 2015 participation in Apple’s Watch launch and use of social media. Did you feel connected to Silicon Valley back then?

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Out of the Crisis #22: Ron Klain on pandemic response and preparedness, entrepreneurship, and rebuilding trust in institutions

Startup Lessons Learned

The media, our leaders, people on social media keep mentioning this idea, as if we've never seen anything like this before. Every day, you go on social media. And when people hear the word startup, they think San Francisco or Silicon Valley, and they have a very stereotypical image in their mind.